WATER QUALITY CONTROL PLAN - Water Boards

WATER QUALITY CONTROL PLAN

OCEAN WATERS OF CALIFORNIA

Established 1972 Revised 2019

STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

State of California Gavin Newsom Governor

California Environmental Protection Agency Jared Blumenfeld, Secretary

State Water Resources Control Board 1001 I Street Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 341-5250 Homepage:

E. Joaquin Esquivel, Chair Dorene D'Adamo, Vice Chair Tam M. Doduc, Member Sean Maguire, Member Laurel Firestone, Member

Eileen Sobeck, Executive Director

Jonathan Bishop, Chief Deputy Director Eric Oppenheimer, Chief Deputy Director

Cover Art by: Ivy Liao, 10th Grade, 2012 California Coastal Art & Poetry Contest California Coastal Commission



Title Page Drawing by: Zev Labinger, 1997

State of California STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

Established 1972 Revised 2019

CALIFORNIA OCEAN PLAN WATER QUALITY CONTROL PLAN OCEAN WATERS OF CALIFORNIA

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Amendments to the Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California

Name

Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California ? Bacteria Provisions and a Water Quality Standards Variance Policy Amendment to the statewide Ocean Plan of California addressing desalination facility intakes, brine discharges, and to incorporate other nonsubstantive changes Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California to control trash and part 1 trash provisions of the Water Quality Control Plan for inland surface waters, enclosed bays, and estuaries in California Adoption of the California Ocean Plan Amendments regarding model monitoring, vessel discharges, and non-substantive changes

Date Adopted 8/7/2018 5/6/2015

4/7/2015

10/16/2012

Adopting the California Ocean Plan Amendment implementing State Water Board resolutions 2010-0057 and 2011-013 regarding State Water Quality Protection Areas and Marine Protected Areas Adoption of Proposed Amendments to the California Ocean Plan regarding total recoverable metals, compliance schedules, toxicity definitions, and the list of exceptions Amendment to the California Ocean Plan: (1) Reasonable Potential, Determining When California Ocean Plan Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations are Required, and (2) Minor Changes to the Areas of Special Biological Significance, and Exception Provisions Amendment to California Ocean Plan Water Contact Bacterial Standards

Adoption of the Proposed Amendments to the California Ocean Plan regarding Table A, chemical water quality objectives, provisions of compliance, special protection for water quality and designated uses, and administrative changes Adoption of an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California regarding revisions to the list of critical life stage protocols used in testing the toxicity of waste discharges

10/16/2012 9/15/2009 4/21/2005

1/20/2005 11/16/2000 3/20/1997

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Resolution Number 2018-0038 2015-0033 2015-0019

2012-0057 2012-0056

2009-0072 2005-0035

2005-0013 2000-108

97-026

Effective Date

2/4/2019 1/28/2016 1/12/2016

7/1/2013 7/1/2013

3/10/2010 10/12/2005

10/12/2005 12/3/2001

7/23/1997

Name

Approval of Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California regarding new water quality objectives in Table B Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California, California Ocean Plan Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California

Date Adopted 3/22/1990

Resolution Number 90-027

Effective Date

3/22/1990

9/22/1988 11/17/1983 1/19/1978

7/6/1972

88-111 83-087 78-002 72-045

9/22/1988 11/17/1983 1/19/1978

7/6/1972

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CALIFORNIA OCEAN PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 1

A. Purpose and Authority ...................................................................................... 1 B. Principles .......................................................................................................... 1 C. Applicability ...................................................................................................... 1

I. BENEFICIAL USES................................................................................................... 3

II. WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES ............................................................................. 4

A. General Provisions ........................................................................................... 4 B. Bacterial Characteristics ................................................................................... 4

Table 1. Fecal Coliform REC-1 Water Quality Objective for Water-Contact in Ocean Waters .................................................................................................. 5 Table 2. Enterococci REC-1 Water Quality Objective for Water-Contact in Ocean Waters .................................................................................................. 5 C. Physical Characteristics ................................................................................... 7 D. Chemical Characteristics .................................................................................. 7 E. Biological Characteristics ................................................................................. 8 F. Radioactivity ..................................................................................................... 8 Table 3: Water Quality Objectives .................................................................... 9

III. PROGRAM OF IMPLEMENTATION ....................................................................... 13

A. General Provisions ......................................................................................... 13 B. Table 4 Effluent Limitation .............................................................................. 14 C. Implementation Provisions for Table 3 ........................................................... 15

Table 5: Background Seawater Concentrations (Cs) ..................................... 16 D. Implementation Provisions for Bacterial Characteristics................................. 23 E. Implementation Provisions for Marine Managed Areas .................................. 25 F. Revision of Waste Discharge Requirements .................................................. 29 G. Compliance Schedules in National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

Permits ........................................................................................................... 30 Table 6: Conservative Estimates of Chronic Toxicity ..................................... 30 H. Monitoring Program ........................................................................................ 30 I. Discharge Prohibitions.................................................................................... 31 J. State Board Exceptions to Plan Requirements............................................... 33 K. Implementation Provisions for Vessel Discharges.......................................... 33 L. Implementation Provisions for Trash .............................................................. 33 M. Implementation Provisions for Desalination Facilities..................................... 40 N. Water Quality Standards Variance ................................................................. 58

APPENDIX I DEFINITION OF TERMS ......................................................................... 59

APPENDIX II MINIMUM LEVELS ................................................................................. 72

Table II-1 Minimum Levels ? Volatile Chemicals ..................................................... 72 Table II-2 Minimum Levels ? Semi Volatile Chemicals ............................................ 74

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Table II-3 Minimum Levels ? Inorganics .................................................................. 76 Table II-4 Minimum Levels ? Pesticides and PCBs.................................................. 78

APPENDIX III STANDARD MONITORING PROCEDURES ........................................ 79

Table III-1 Approved Tests ? Chronic Toxicity (TUc) ............................................... 93

APPENDIX IV PROCEDURES FOR THE NOMINATION AND DESIGNATION OF STATE WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AREAS. ............................................... 94

APPENDIX V STATE WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AREAS ............................... 97

Table V-1 State Water Quality Protection Areas ...................................................... 97

APPENDIX VI REASONABLE POTENTIAL ANALYSIS PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING WHICH TABLE 3 OBJECTIVES REQUIRE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS .......................................................................................................... 99

Table VI-1: Tolerance Factors

for calculating normal distribution one-side

upper 95 percent tolerance bounds for the 95th percentile ........................... 102

Figure VI-1. Reasonable potential analysis flow chart ........................................... 103

APPENDIX VII EXCEPTIONS TO THE CALIFORNIA OCEAN PLAN....................... 104

Table VII-1 Exceptions to the Ocean Plan ............................................................. 104

APPENDIX VIII MAPS OF THE OCEAN, COAST, AND ISLANDS ........................... 105

Figure VIII-1. ASBS Boundaries, MPA Boundaries, Wastewater Outfall Points, Marine Sanctuary Boundaries, and Enclosed Bays in northern Region 1. ... 105

Figure VIII-2. ASBS Boundaries, MPA Boundaries, Wastewater Outfall Points, Marine Sanctuary Boundaries, and Enclosed Bays in southern Region 1 and Region 2....................................................................................................... 106

Figure VIII-3. ASBS Boundaries, MPA Boundaries, Wastewater Outfall Points, Marine Sanctuary Boundaries, and Enclosed Bays in northern Region 3. ... 107

Figure VIII-4. ASBS Boundaries, MPA Boundaries, Wastewater Outfall Points, Marine Sanctuary Boundaries, and Enclosed Bays in southern Region 3 and northern Channel Islands. ............................................................................ 108

Figure VIII-5. ASBS Boundaries, MPA Boundaries, Wastewater Outfall Points, Marine Sanctuary Boundaries, and Enclosed Bays in southern Channel Islands and Regions 4, 8 and 9. ................................................................... 109

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